Data Are Needed on the Potential Adverse Effects of Marijuana Use in Pregnancy.

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Ideas and Opinions2 October 2018Data Are Needed on the Potential Adverse Effects of Marijuana Use in PregnancyNancy Goler, MD, Amy Conway, MPH, and Kelly C. Young-Wolff, PhD, MPHNancy Goler, MDKaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California (N.G., A.C., K.C.Y.)Search for more papers by this author, Amy Conway, MPHKaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California (N.G., A.C., K.C.Y.)Search for more papers by this author, and Kelly C. Young-Wolff, PhD, MPHKaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California (N.G., A.C., K.C.Y.)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M18-1141 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail The adverse effects of prenatal marijuana use remain unclear (1), yet more pregnant women are using marijuana in the United States than ever before (2, 3). Self-reported marijuana use during pregnancy increased from 2.4% in 2002 to 3.9% in 2014 (2), and 18% of pregnant women who used marijuana in the past year met criteria for a marijuana use disorder (4). Data from a large, diverse sample of pregnant women and adolescents in California found an increase in the adjusted prevalence of marijuana use, from 4% in 2009 to 7% in 2016, on the basis of self-report and urine toxicology ...